BE936-6-FY-CO:
Accounting Project
2019/20
Essex Business School
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Thursday 03 October 2019
Friday 26 June 2020
15
08 June 2020
Requisites for this module
BE100 or BE110 or BE111
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BSC N400 Accounting,
BSC N401 Accounting (Including Foundation Year),
BSC N402 Accounting (Including Year Abroad),
BSC N404 Accounting (Including Placement Year),
BSC NN24 Accounting and Management,
BSC NN27 Accounting and Management (Including Placement Year),
BSC NN42 Accounting and Management (Including Foundation Year),
BSC NNK2 Accounting and Management (Including Year Abroad),
BSC N4L1 Accounting with Economics (Including Foundation Year),
BSC NKL1 Accounting with Economics (Including Year Abroad),
BSC NL41 Accounting with Economics,
BSC NL44 Accounting with Economics (Including Placement Year)
This module seeks to bring together the knowledge and understanding gained during the accounting degree course and enables students to apply and integrate their research skills, with a view to critically investigate a topical issue within the broad area of accounting and/or its cognate subjects (e.g. audit, risk, regulation, governance, financial markets, taxation, financial management).
The accounting project is an independent, self-directed project which will rely on a number of skill- and knowledge-based workshops that will guide students towards the selection of a problem or question to investigate. Students will be required to attend a one-day 'Accounting Project Conference' and methods workshops in the Autumn where students will be given guidance on how to prepare, plan and complete the research-led project. By the end of this module, students will develop their research skills, competencies and knowledge, which will enable them to engage in situations simulating real-life professional tasks and assignments.
This module aims to enable students to develop a more focused understanding of an accounting and/or cognate issue that is of interest to companies, organisations, government and/or society more broadly. It will rely on the knowledge and skills imparted in core and compulsory modules and reinforce the research-led and critical mind-set that is expected of all Essex graduates. The project provides the opportunity to final year students to reflect on the use and impact of accounting information, principles and theories, accounting techniques and/or cognate issues such as auditing, taxation, corporate governance, control and regulation.
By the end of this module, students should be able to:
1. identify, plan, organise and pursue a research-based project or study.
2. demonstrate the capacity to exercise a range of research and transferable skills and methods in order to produce a research-led report.
3. analyse and reflect critically on theories and/or conceptual/analytical frameworks in addressing real-life accounting and business problems.
4. demonstrate a series of transferable skills including those related to accessing data, analysing information, and synthesising knowledge.
5. integrate technical knowledge and professional skills.
6. communicate effectively findings and analysis, and generate appropriate recommendations.
No additional information available.
The module will consist of one-day 'Accounting Project Conference' (in week 2) delivered by various academics on the processes of conducting and completing the project, including research areas/topics, planning and organising, and research methodologies that could be used. This will be followed by a methods workshop and practical sessions in Week 4 and Weeks 5/6. In addition, five individual supervisory meetings will be held in the Spring Term.
This module does not appear to have any essential texts. To see non-essential items, please refer to the module's reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Literature Review Draft |
|
20% |
| Coursework |
Final Report on Project |
|
80% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Prof Ileana Steccolini, email: ileana.steccolini@essex.ac.uk.
Ileana Steccolini, Shaila Ahmed, Kimani Danson, Bedenand Upadhaya , Ammar Gull, Muhammad Junaid Ashraf
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Dr Javed Siddiqui
Senior Lecturer in Accounting
Prof Joan Amanda Emery
University of Ulster
Professor of Accounting
Available via Moodle
Of 49 hours, 37 (75.5%) hours available to students:
12 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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